Game #4590
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 December 1999


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
FA Cup
Darlington
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,101
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Darlington

Assist(s) | Alan Thompson | 63' |
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 December 1999
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Benito Carbone
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Darlington
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Alan Thompson
💥 | 71: Missed Penalty. (Darlington), Duffield
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-1, (Darlington), Paul Heckingbottom
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Alan Thompson, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Benito Carbone, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Darlington
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 December 1999
Villa face Darlington for the first time in competitive football, Darlington become the 142nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa scrape through in an unusually early FA Cup third round tie with Darlington as Benito Carbone scores his first for the club but John Gregory alienates a new old foe.
Benito Carbone scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W1 D2 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career. With the strike coming against Darlington, the jury is very much still out on the talented Italian.
Alan Thompson contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (38 Starts) to make it W19 D19 L18, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 15 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.20 games so far in his Villa career.
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Darlington


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Darlington
PREVIOUS MATCH

Darlington
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 11 December 1999
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🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Phil Richards | 🏴 | Preston, 1994–2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 14 🟥 27 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Richards | 🏴 | Preston, 1994–2002
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Colin Calderwood, George Boateng, Julian Joachim, Lee Hendrie drop out with Alan Thompson (first start in 5) , Paul Merson (first start in 5) , Benito Carbone (first start in 5) and Ugo Ehiogu (first start in 9) returning.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.70 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 31.75 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.81 |
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
David Hodgson | 🏴 | 🤡 |

Darlington
GK Mark Samways | 🏴 |
LB Paul Heckingbottom | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Steve Tutill | 🏴 |
CB Craig Liddle | 🏴 |
CB Neil Aspin | 🏴 |
M Brian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Martin Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Michael Oliver | 🏴 |
M Neil Heaney | 🏴 |
F Lee Nogan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Peter Duffield | 🏴 |
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Brian Atkinson | 🏴 | (M Phil Brumwell | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Lee Nogan | 🏴 | (CF Jesper Hjorth | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | M Martin Gray | 🏴 | (D Adam Reed | 🏴 |)

🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Keith Finch | 🏴 |
RB John Leah | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | | 23 | 12* | 1 | 4 | 9* | 4 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 11 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Darlington, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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